EXHIBIT 99.1

NORD OIL INTERNATIONAL RECEIVES UNSOLICITED PURCHASE OFFER FOR NDOL COMMON STOCK

MONTREAL, APRIL 6, 2006 - Nord Oil International Inc. (Pinksheets: NDOL)
announced today that it has received an unsolicited purchase offer for 100% of
the total outstanding stock of Nord Oil International Inc.

The company has opted to keep the information confidential until such time as
the purchase offer can be bona fide and the amount of the offer confirmed. The
company will make every effort possible to review the offer and offering party
and release said offer information as soon as possible. It should also be noted
that during the conference call, it was also discussed that the offering party
intended to purchase shares in the open market of up to 10% of the NDOL common
stock.

ABOUT NORD OIL INTERNATIONAL INC.

Nord Oil International Inc. is a reporting publicly traded Oil & Gas junior
producer, trading under the ticker symbol NDOL on the US Pinksheets market. Nord
Oil International operates three wholly owned Russian subsidiaries; Nord Oil
Products, Nord Oil Samara and NANA. Nord Oil's properties currently have a total
of 48 million barrels of proven and probable reserves and the company plans to
acquire additional properties and has an objective of 150 million barrels in
proven and probable reserves.

CONTACT:
Viatcheslav Makarov
President
Nord Oil International Inc.
Vmakarov@nordoil.com
514-591-3666
www.nordoil.com

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements in this news release that are other than statements of historical
facts are forward-looking statements, which contain our current expectations
about our future results. Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and
uncertainties. We have attempted to identify any forward-looking statements by
using words such as "anticipates", "believes", "could", "expects", "intends",
"may", "should" and other similar expressions. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in all of our forward-looking statements are reasonable,
we can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

A number of factors may affect our future results and may cause those results to
differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statements made by
us or on our behalf. Such factors include our limited operating history; our
need for significant capital to finance internal growth as well as strategic
acquisitions; our ability to attract and retain key employees and strategic
partners; our ability to achieve and maintain profitability; fluctuations in the
trading price and volume of our stock; competition from other providers of
similar products and services; and other unanticipated future events and
conditions.



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